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TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $6 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Sept.

The three main federal parties traded fire Saturday over their responses to gun violence and to the resurgence of COVID-19 on Day 21 of the federal election campaign.

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police were negotiating Saturday evening with a man accused of kidnapping his three-year-old son earlier in the week, in a case that sparked an Amber Alert and a large-scale manhunt.

MONTREAL — A Quebec judge has rejected a request from three Quebecers who wanted the province's rules on face coverings due to the COVID-19 pandemic suspended.

WASHINGTON — The frontier between Canada and the United States used to be known as the world's longest "undefended" border — a misnomer that largely vanished in the chaos of Sept. 11, 2001.

VANCOUVER — Business owners and law enforcement are asking for more support as British Columbia gears up to implement a COVID-19 vaccine card system in mid-September. As of Sept.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $20 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Sept. 7 will be an estimated $25 million. The Canadian Press

MONTREAL — Items used by a three-year-old boy and his alleged kidnapper have been found on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River northeast of Quebec City in a discovery that police said is a sign the pair is alive and in the area.

OTTAWA — Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's lawyers are fighting a federal attempt to quash their client's lawsuit over his removal as head of Canada's vaccine distribution campaign.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba and Nova Scotia are joining two other jurisdictions in recognizing a new federal statutory holiday to contemplate the history and harmful legacy of residential schools.